English patterns for Virginia planters --
The development of a Virginia aristocracy --
The quality of the gentry --
The planters' concern over education --
Books and their place in plantation life --
William Fitzhugh: The evolution of an aristocrat --
Ralph Wormeley II: A cultivated gentleman-planter --
Richard Lee II: A belated Elizabethan --
The literate interests of the first carters --
Robert Beverley II: Historian and iconoclast --
The Byrd's progress from trade to genteel elegence --
The vitality of the tradition.

"English patterns for Virginia planters -- The development of a Virginia aristocracy -- The quality of the gentry -- The planters' concern over education -- Books and their place in plantation life -- William Fitzhugh: The evolution of an aristocrat -- Ralph Wormeley II: A cultivated gentleman-planter -- Richard Lee II: A belated Elizabethan -- The literate interests of the first carters -- Robert Beverley II: Historian and iconoclast -- The Byrd's progress from trade to genteel elegence -- The vitality of the tradition."@en